"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

The 35.6-tesla magnet dwarfs hospital MRI machines and opens new frontiers in materials science and life sciences research.

Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed long ago. What saved it explains why life survived and why the planet remains ...

BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 11 years of satellite data reveal that Earth’s magnetic field is reshaping. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) More than a decade of ...

For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to create a 3D map of the sun's interior magnetic field, the ...

If our planet flips and no one’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Scientists have managed to put a chilling soundtrack to the flipping of Earth’s magnetic field — and the result is ...

A new study has reconstructed a three-dimensional picture of the Sun’s internal magnetic field using decades of satellite ...

From galaxies to the Sun, new research explains how turbulent motion can produce large-scale magnetic fields that remain ...